The sights and sounds of happiness (with pictures)

My home office is where I spend most days working as a freelance writer and creative director. Beyond the where, how I work has always been important and, for me, that means comfort and music.

After many weeks of consideration (and lots of really good advice from fellow AKers), I've made some important upgrades to my office listening space:

• Added the Onkyo C-7030 CD player to replace a circa-1990 Pioneer PD-M430

• Received Woofer replacements from HUMAN Speakers to refurbish Harman-era EPI 100s (a recent thrift-store purchase)

• Added the Onkyo A-9050 integrated amplifier to take over primary duties from my vintage Realistic STA-78 receiver, which I've converted to tuner

My two-channel system now consists of the following...

Source (analog-connect): Pioneer PL-A35 (Shure Premier), Realistic STA-78, NAD 613
Source (digital-connect): Onkyo C-7030, Apple MacBook Pro Retina
Amplification: Onkyo A-9050
Near-field: EPI 100 Series 2/3 (HUMAN upgrade)
Mid-field: Infinity RS 5001, Yamaha NS-A7.2

I picked-up the FJÄLKINGE shelving unit from our friends at IKEA so, with everything present-and-accounted-for, it's time for photos (apologies ahead of time for the very lengthy post)...

Nice and clean!

Oh...what kind of performance are you getting out of the furball on the side there?

Yamaki said:

Oh...what kind of performance are you getting out of the furball on the side there?

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Funny, that. His name is 'Crybaby,' and he lives up to it every day. So, I'd say the performance is 'vocal, sometimes, irritatingly so.' Then again, like our most-loved vintage pieces, he's downright priceless...

Sweet! Love the black-faced Realistic. The contrast in the black and wood components look very nice and clean..wtg :thmbsp:

Very nice. I too, do a lot of my work from home so setting up a nice home office system really makes those long days and late nights in front of the PC that much more bearable.

Enjoy.